PS5 Could Ship With Backwards Compatibility Support

The PS5, PlayStation 5, or whatever Sony plans to call its follower to the PS4, will be in reverse compatible with older PlayStation video games if a patent filing from the business is to be believed. What this indicates is, the PS5 might possibly deal with PS4, PS3, PS2, and PS1 games. It’s an intriguing relocation from Sony if it gets carried out as it could spell completion of remasters or re-releases that this generation of consoles is notorious for. It potentially hints that Sony is positive of the first-party games and exclusives we’ll see on the PS5 too.

According to a post from Japanese blog site Hokanko-Alt (translated from Reddit via ResetEra), PS4 architect Mark Cerny is the author of the patent and it is a “a system to be applied in a future machine, PS5, which allows the CPU of the brand-new console to be able to ‘analyze’ the central unit of the previous devices.”

” The goal is to make the applications designed for the previous consoles (legacy gadget) run completely on the most effective hardware, and is focused on removing the synchronization errors in between the new consoles and the behavior of the previous ones (PS4, PS3, PS2 and PSX),” the post checks out.” For example, if the CPU of the new console is faster than the previous one, data might be overwritten prematurely, even if they were still being used by another part.”

This follows noted expert Daniel Ahmad specifying that Sony’s first-party studios such as Sony Santa Monica and Polyphony are currently dealing with PS5 hardware, providing credence to a possible 2020 launch.

Formerly, PS5 specs were leaked, if real, it might be a welcome action up from the PS4 Pro. Though if history is any sign, Sony’s finest developments would be with the video games.